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06 Oct

‘Won’t cry, my father will never die’: Daughter of pharmacist shot dead in Srinagar challenges his killers

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Mourners are visiting the home of Makhan Lal Bindroo, a pharmacist who was among the three civilians shot dead by militants in the late hours of 5 October, as per Jammu and Kashmir Police. The pharmacy of the 65-year-old Kashmiri Pandit in Srinagar is a familiar place to the majority of people in Kashmir looking for quality medicine. Bindroo Medicate is known for being one of the only medical shops in the Valley that does not sell counterfeit medicine. The police said the attack occurred around 7:15 pm on Tuesday. “Bindroo received grievous gunshot injuries in this terror incident and…

06 Oct

Shiv Sena heaps praise on Priyanka Gandhi, says she has ‘same fire’ as her grandmother

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In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for arresting Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh recently, the Shiv Sena on Wednesday said that Ms. Gandhi, who was as sharp as former Prime Minister and her grandmother Indira Gandhi, did not buckle under pressure of the State Government and continued her fight. Ms. Vadra was on her way to meet the family members of farmers who died after being mowed down by a car of a Union Minister’s son in Lakhimpur Kheri. Slamming the Union Government over the killing of farmers while its celebration of ‘Amrut…

06 Oct

Purabi Dairy celebrates Annual Milk Day in Guwahati

editor0 CommentsAssam, Business

Assam’s largest dairy cooperative, Purabi Dairy, celebrated Annual Milk Day at a function in Guwahati on October 6. The milk day, organised by West Assam Milk Producers’ Cooperative Union Limited (WAMUL), popularly known as Purabi Dairy, was aimed at providing a platform for exchange of ideas and sharing experiences between the milk producers. Assam Minister for Agriculture, AHVD and Cooperation, Shri Atul Bora, presided over the function at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati as the chief guest with Shri Maninder Singh IAS, Additional Chief Secretary to the Govt of Assam, Dept of Cooperation, as the guest of Honour. Many other…

05 Oct

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Stopped At Lucknow Airport, Sits On Floor

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The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel, sat on a dharna inside the Lucknow airport on Tuesday after UP Police did not allow him to leave the airport premises. In a video tweeted by the CM showed him sitting on the ground surrounded by UP Police officers. In his tweet, the CM said: "I had heard a lot about Lucknowi Tehzeeb but what hapenned at the airport was quite the opposite. What have you done Yogi ji." He added: "I can understand how bad the people of Lucknow must be feeling. People must be understanding what they have lost." Protesting…

05 Oct

“If By Tomorrow…”: Navjot Sidhu Warns UP Over Priyanka Gandhi’s Arrest

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Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu warned on Tuesday that his party would march towards Lakhimpur Kheri unless Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is released and Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish is arrested over the killings of farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri. “If, by tomorrow, the Union Minister’s son behind the brutal murder of Farmers is not arrested, and our leader @PriyankaGandhi being unlawfully arrested, fighting for farmers is not released, the Punjab Congress will march towards Lakhimpur Kheri,” he said in a tweet. Priyanka Gandhi was detained by Uttar Pradesh Police for alleged violation of section 144 on…

05 Oct

Sussanne Khan stands by Gauri & Shahrukh Khan, says Aryan Khan was ‘at wrong place at wrong time’

editor0 CommentsNorth EastAryan Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Sussanne Khan

Sussanne Khan expressed their solidarity with Gauri and Shah Rukh Khan after the superstar's son Aryan Khan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with a drugs case. The NCB busted a drugs party onboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and arrested Aryan and seven others on Sunday. The 23-year-old was remanded to the custody of the NCB till October 4. Soon after the news broke, a section of social media users started vilifying Aryan Khan. Calling out such people, Sussanne took to Instagram and wrote, "I think this is not about Aryan Khan, as he was…

05 Oct

Sonia Gandhi may accept Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation as Punjab Congress chief today

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Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi may accept Navjot Singh Sidhu's resignation as Punjab Congress Chief and the announcement of new party state unit president is likely to be announced, sources said. Further, reports say present Working President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Kuljit Nagra and Congress MP from Ludhiana Ravneet Singh Bittu are frontrunners for the post of new Punjab Congress President. Both Nagra and Bittu are reaching Delhi along with Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi today. On Monday, Sidhu, along with several party MLAs, held a protest outside the Raj Bhavan against the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in Uttar Pradesh.…

04 Oct

Supreme Court dismisses Supertech’s plea seeking review of order to demolish twin 40-storey towers in Noida

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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to take back or modify its order by which it directed Supertech to demolish two 40-storey towers in one of its housing projects in Noida and dismissed the plea of real estate company. Supertech had filed a plea in court proposing the demolition of only one of the two towers. The apex court said that grant of such a relief is in the nature of a review of the judgement of this court and in various decisions. The filing of applications styled as ‘miscellaneous applications’ or applications for clarifications in the guise for review…

04 Oct

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sweeps room in detention as mark of protest against Lakhimpur Kheri violence

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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was seen cleaning the PAC Guest House in Sitapur, where she has been detained while going to meet the victims of the violence that erupted during a farmers' protest in Lakhimpur Kheri. In a video posted on Twitter by NSUI national president Neeraj Kundan on October 4, the Congress leader was sweeping the room with a broom in hand. She is observing fast, he said. At least nine people were killed as violence erupted during a farmers' protest, claiming the lives of farmers, BJP workers and a journalist ahead of a visit to Lakhimpur…

04 Oct

David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian win 2021 Medicine Nobel for discovery of temperature, touch receptors

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The Nobel Prize in the field of physiology or medicine has been awarded to US. scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian.They were cited for their discovery of receptors for temperature and touch. The winners were announced Monday by Thomas Perlmann, secretary-general of the Nobel Committee. Last year's prize went to three scientists who discovered the liver-ravaging hepatitis C virus, a breakthrough that led to cures for the deadly disease and tests to keep the scourge from spreading though blood banks. "Our ability to sense heat, cold and touch is essential for survival and underpins our interaction with the world around…